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Articles and journal scans about D-dimer
Article
January 2010
Interpretation of laboratory results
Clinical laboratory test results are a very important parameter in diagnosis, monitoring and screening. 70-80 % of decisions in diagnosis are based on laboratory results and more and more laboratory analyses are requested. Thus a lot of data are provided and it is therefore imperative for patient care (and safety)...
Information management
Glucose
Creatinine/urea
D-dimer
CRP
Article
October 2009
D-dimer testing in the treatment and monitoring of septic patients
Sepsis and septic shock lead to local and systemic
activation of different response systems, including coagulation and
fibrinolysis.
Despite numerous attempts the high mortality rate of
these patients has remained stable over the last 20
years.
In this overview the pathophysiological insights and
possible...
Coagulation/fibrinolysis
D-dimer
Article
June 2009
D-dimer as a rule-out test for deep venous thrombosis: Gold standards and bias in negative predictive value
Recent studies of D-dimer as a “rule-out” test for deep venous thrombosis (DVT) frequently have used duplex ultrasound rather than venography as the gold standard.
Because duplex ultrasound has limited ability to image the calf veins, there is potential for ultrasound studies to classify patients with calf DVT as...
Coagulation/fibrinolysis
Hemoglobins
D-dimer
Article
October 2005
Patient safety: tested tools for error reduction
Laboratorians need to take ownership of errors,
identifying, analyzing and reducing them, thereby increasing
patient safety.
A Client Services Department, customer care
representatives, a service improvement coordinator, “morning
report”, electronic error tracking and reporting mechanisms,
point-of-care support...
Point-of-care testing
Information management
Process optimization
Glucose
D-dimer